> > > > How long did it take for you and Ms. Dracimas to decide on the name? Did you know beforehand if it was a boy or a girl?
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> > > > -Faux "Curious" Pas
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> > > Actually took quite a while. We didn't know she was a she so we had to come up with both a boy's and a girl's name. The boy was easy. We chose Jonathon Robert pretty quickly. And being from Oklahoma I was determined to call him Jo Bob or Jon Bob. But we went through a lot of girl names before settling on Jillian Rose. Rose was Shannon's grandma's name, so that was a given, since we lost her last year. And we have a running "theme" in our children's names. They have to have the initials JRS... Janessa Raelynn Stacy, Joshua Randall Stacy and now Jillian Rose Stacy. So the task was trying to find a "J" name that matched well with Rose.
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> > > Drac "I don't mind curosity" imaS
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> > This practice of giving children the same initials does not seem to be as unusual as I once thought it was. I had a friend whose initials were DRB. Her sister and dad had the same initals, and her mom was DSB. Well, her sister got married to someone who also had a D name, and they continued the practice. Meanwhile, my fiance, his sister and his parents all have the initials of SC. (The middle names aren't the same.) They've had numerous pets over the years, and just about all of the animals had S names, too. I guess it's not just an Oklahoma thing. :-)
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> > By the way, congratulations on the new baby, Dracimas! Her Paw-Paw, brother and sister look like they won't mind spoiling a cute little baby at all. :-)
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> > Ellmyruh
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> I suppose you've heard of the LBJ family from Texas. Lyndon Baines Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson had two daughters that were named Lucy Bird Johnson and Linda Baines Johnson. That gave the whole family the same initials. I have no idea why they did that. I think Mrs. J's name was really Rebecca, but she had to give it up.
> Howard

The weird part is that the "J" thing has begun to run rampant in my family. My father's name is Jimmy, my sister's husband's name is Jerry. They have Jamie, Jerry, JayDon, Jessie and Jordon. We have Janessa, Joshua and now Jillian. We're done, but I have a younger brother. He's not married yet, and has no kids, but he swears he's breaking the "J" tradition when he does. We'll see.

Drac "Hey, you JJJJ...JJJ... um you, yeah you, Stop that!" imaS